Thursday, April 23, 2009

PANIC! Romero on the DL!

No word yet on who will get the call to come up, but the Jays don't have an off day until May 11, so they won't have much latitude with their rotation, and will have to get a body to fill in. None of the starters at Las Vegas are setting the world ablaze at this point, though Brad Mills (4.70 ERA, 9 Ks / 8 BBs in 15.1 innings) seems like the most likely candidate.

The Jays could go a little nutty and look to Double-A prospect Reidier Gonzalez (1.37 ERA, 9 Ks / 5 BBs in 19.1 innings at New Hampshire), or Fabio Castro or Luis Perez. Of those four pitchers, Perez is the only one on the 40-man roster, which might also contribute to the decision.

UPDATE!!! MORE PANIC!!! MLBastian tweets that B.J. Ryan is headed to the 15 Day with trap tightness.

It's a little crazy to think that there is a scenario where signing Paul Byrd seems like a good thing, but...

One concern about splurging on Byrd is that we doubt he's ready to step in and start pitching tomorrow, so signing him now and having him ready for sometime after Romero is back doesn't make a ton of sense.

Arnsberg destroyed yet another pitcher with Janssen, Marcum, McGowan, and Litsch. What team has this many pitchimg injuries? Arnsberg has to go, he's killing these pitchers. bring Castro or Gonzalez up and quick!

How do you figure this is Arnsberg's fault? That is probably one of the dumbest things I've heard. Arnsberg is the reason half those guys are good pitchers. The guy is a master at his craft and he constantly produced top of the line pitchers.

It's going to take some adjustment looking at those pitching stats from the PCL. When the 51's are in dry or high locations, they are going to get hit harder than if they were still in the damp drab air of Syracuse.

Tao, thanks for having a comments section that's not a cluster-fuck of stupid like DJF.

For me, the question is what happens to whoever gets called up (though I guess by now it's clear that it's Cecil) when Romero comes back. Does Tallet go back to the 'pen? Does whoever is pitching the worst of Purcey, Richmond, Tallet and Cecil get the boot?